Author: Sheila Dobin, PhD

Dr. Sheila Dobin is a board-certified cytogeneticist and PhD Medical Geneticist on the medical staff at Scott & White Medical Center – Temple. She is currently the section chief of the Cytogenetics Laboratory in the Department of Pathology at Scott & White Medical Center – Temple and in the Division of Genetics in the Department of Internal Medicine.

Thanks to modern medicine, we have more than 7,000 genetic tests that can potentially identify red flags for certain diseases. Genetic testing is not perfect — it can’t guarantee answers to all our health questions — but it’s a useful tool that can help arm us with information to consider when making health-related decisions. There … Continue reading 6 things you should know about genetic testing